James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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SAMUEL PAGE DUKE A.B., Randolph-Macon College A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University LL.D., Hampden-Sydney ; 1919— Alma L. Reiter Secretary to the President l te uient W, ITH new improvements in equipment and new faculty members, approximately eleven hundred girls, our largest student body ever, came to Madison for the session of 1939-40. In the faculty seats in chapel we saw twelve new instructors, among them a librarian with the new Madison Memorial Library as a work- shop, a registrar to keep track of our class cuts and grades, an English professor with a knack for preach- ing constructive sermons, a history professor who is one of our own local alumnae, and new additions to the other growing departments. It was almost difficult to find our way around, be- cause of the many changes made during our absence. We rushed into Dr. Converse and Mr. Stanley ' s office

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When it rained it poured, but everyone seemed well prepared. The spring, with sun and a green campus, was a joyous sight to see. Of course we had snow, and all of us enjoyed the winter sports which were so novel.

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looking for mail, which we eventually found in the basement of Harrison; and to our surprise the old stu- dent government room was transformed into a record- ing studio, with the latest equipment for putting Madi- son on the air and on the disc ; we climbed to the fourth floor of Wilson for our club meetings in the newly finished apartments; no longer did the Seniors eat with the Juniors, but dined in the pine-paneled exclusion of their own dining hall, a collegiate version of a Raths- keller. The publication of the Virginia Teacher had given way to plans for the publication of the Madison Quar- terly) — only a pipe-dream now, but soon to be a reality. For our cultural development we were provided with such well-known artists as Eva LeGallienne in Ibsen ' s Hedda Cabler and The Master Builder, Hanya Holm and her dance troupe, and Ernest Hutchinson — nation- ally known pianist. The production of Thornton Wilder ' s Our Town by the Stratford Dramatic Club and the sponsoring of the male chorus of the University of Pennsylvania by our own local Glee Club were out- standing contributions to the entertainment of the stu- dent body. WALTER JOHN GIFFORD Dean of the College A.B., Oberlin College; A.M., Ph.D., Co- lumbia University; 1919 — ANNIE BAILEY COOK Dean of IVomen B.S., State Teachers College, Hatties- burg, Misssissippi ; A.M., Teachers Col- lege, Columbia University; 1931 — VIRGINIA BLAIN Secretary to the Dean of Women VIRGINIA SHINNICK Secretary to the Dean of the College Weekly assemblies, for students only, created a closer union between the students and the organizations of which they are a part. College spirit was further in- tensified by the performances of the undefeated basket- ball squad, accompanied by the college band and enthusiastic crowds. Yes, a lot of changes have been made and achieve- ments accomplished, all adding to the growth of our alma mater.